Biosystems Engineering

Ahindra Nag, Ph.D., is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has three years industrial and twenty one years of teaching experience and has published seventy research papers in major national and international journals and has guided six PhD students. He was invited as a Visting Professor in Academia Sinica (Taiwan), University of Campabasso( Italy ) and Universidad de Córdoba( Spain). Professor Nag is the author of five other books: Analytical Techniques in Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Environmental Engineering; Environmental Education and Solid Waste Management; Foundry Materials and Pollution; Text Book of Agriculture Biotechnology and Biofuels refining and performances.

• Ch 1. Sensors and information technology application in biological systemsCh 2. Soil and water conservationCh 3. Watershed-scale Geographic Information and Modeling SystemsCh 4. Resource optimizationCh 5. Biostimulation in PlansCh 6. Microarray Data Analysis Using Machine Learning MethodsCh 7. Design of Irrigation and Drainage SystemsCh 8. Evaluation of Transgenic Aspen for Wood productivity and QualityCh 9. Pyrolysis and Gasification of BiomassCh 10. Biofuels refining and Performances Ch 11. Alternative Source of EnergyCh 12. Transport Phenomena in BiosystemCh 13. Biological Process InstrumentationCh 14. Analysis, Modeling and Design of Solid Waste Management System